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I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Vikram Seth

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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Myself Nation Temptation
I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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Business Inspirational Myself Possible Talent Thinking Tree
You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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Imagination Myself Novel Poetry Writing
I don’t think anyone should be banned. If you don’t like a book, set it aside.
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Book Myself Thinking
You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Existence Goodness Ideas Talk Yourself
God save us from people who mean well.
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God One Liner People Save
Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
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Burn Calm Earth Flow Hate Human Knowledge Quiet Race River
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
Those books of mine that are remunerative – I’m not talking about poetry here – take years to write, and I am never sure they’ll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.
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Book Oneself Poetry Risk Success Talk Writing
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don’t like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can’t write.
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Listening Music Myself Poet Writing
Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
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Myself Reading
I don’t pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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Choice Myself
Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don’t have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.
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Character Establishment Existence Happiness Revision Yourself
For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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Discipline Obsession Substitute Writing
I don’t think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.
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Enough Live Myself People Talk Thinking
I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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Action Myself Thinking Worth

I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

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